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Issue: Vol. 1060 No. 1: 7 Oct. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1060.1.2
Page range: 27–36
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 3

A new genus and species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Waltheria indica L. (Sterculiaceae)

Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Ecologia Evolutiva de Herbívoros Tropicais, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 486, 30161-970 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Diptera Cecidomyiidae insect galls Sterculiaceae taxonomy

Abstract

Anisodiplosis waltheriae Maia, a new genus and species of Cecidomyiidae that induces galls on leaves, leaf buds, and inflorescences of Waltheria indica (Sterculiaceae), is described (larva, pupa, male, and female) based on material from Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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